Zenda, the dwarven free trade city, is a beautiful city rebuilt from a giant cave in the mountains. It is a natural fortress created by nature.
The current leader, Glenn Degron, is known as the "King of the Dwarves". He is a majestic and fraternal hero who governs the territory with fairness and justice to all races and has a reputation for virtue.
Unfortunately, no matter how bright the sun shines, there will always be shadow corners.
At this moment, in the stone prison in the southwest of the city, Lu Xidong and his goblin men were imprisoned in one of the cells.
The roof here is very low, as if it was built by the dwarves for their compatriots. Lu Xidong had no choice but to sit on one side of the house with his body hunched over. The relatively short goblins felt better, but after evolution, they also I can only squat aside.
The wound of the injured companion has been treated. The goblin's saliva has a disinfecting effect, and the bleeding has been stopped long ago.
The young Goblin warrior Silva was filled with anxiety and was cursing in Goblin dialect. The goodwill he had accumulated towards the dwarves was gone. If the cell hadn't been too crowded, he would have stood up and turned around. Curse those nasty guys in circles.
"Don't be impatient." Lu Xidong shouted, reminding this guy not to be looked down upon.
Because in this cell, besides the four of them, Lu Xidong, there are three other prisoners. They all look like dwarfs and have unkempt faces. Could they be extremely vicious criminals
Out of anger at the unfair treatment by the dwarf guards, Lu Xidong and the others did not take the initiative to approach these guys, and they seemed to be in no mood to talk.
Lu Xidong looked around the dwarf's cell.
In each cell, there are cold wooden wooden beds prepared for the prisoners. Since there is no special place for excrement, everything looks dirty and smelly.
Is this the "free city" that goblins praise so much? If he hadn't gone deep into the lowest and darkest part, Lu Xidong might still have been deceived by Zenda's bright appearance.
Thanks to the blackmailers who colluded with officials and thieves, Lu Xidong had the idea of establishing a political power for the first time and wanted to build an ideal country according to his own wishes.
For this reason, Lu Xidong fell into deep thought in the low and dark prison...
Unlike traditional time travellers, what Lu Xidong, who was reincarnated as a demon, could build is probably a country full of monsters. Therefore, the most important thing is not to develop technology, but how to survive in the cracks.
Previous experiences told me that the human race still had deep hatred and prejudice against the demons. If they saw themselves and the demons, they would take the initiative to attack them, and even kill them.
However, when the monsters faced off against human adventurers, they fought on their own based on instinct. The previous battle in front of the dwarf gate proved this phenomenon. The Goblin Warriors, who had already reached the second level of evolution, had no sense of cooperation at all. .
The monsters fighting on their own, even if they have evolved to a higher level, are still easily defeated by human groups. Even Lu Xidong, without the support of his companions, will have a hard time dealing with three to four mid-level adventurers. .
It is urgent to retrain the monsters' fighting methods and improve their tactical literacy. Lu Xidong secretly made a note in his heart...
Bang~~
Lu Xidong, who was deep in thought, was startled by a sudden loud noise. It turned out that the door here was knocked open.
A dwarf soldier rushed in.
"No, it's not good! There's a fire in the severe punishment cell. The boss asked everyone to put out the fire quickly. If it's too late, there will be a big mess..."
As if echoing the dwarf soldier's words, a thick smoke poured in from behind him, showing how quickly the fire spread.
As a result, the soldiers in the cell here rushed out, and from time to time, guys carrying buckets passed by the door.
In the blink of an eye, all the dwarf guards who were originally stationed outside this cell were gone.
"Master," Silva suddenly came over and whispered: "The ground here... seems to be red soil."
As he spoke, Silva stretched out his green claws with sharp nails. He held a handful of red soil in his claws, which looked very conspicuous even in the smoke.
Red soil is a kind of carbonate or other iron- and aluminum-rich oxide rocks that are crushed and formed under hot and humid climate conditions. It is not unusual to appear in this mountain cave. Lu Xidong did not understand Silva's mean.
"What is this for?"
"This..." Silva seemed to have no idea how to explain, so he squatted down and clawed the floor of the cell with his claws.
Soon, a large depression appeared on the ground, and Lu Xidong understood.
The goblin's innate skill is the "unarmed digging" like a mouse. Of course, the goblin's digging ability is much stronger than that of a mouse.
It turns out that Silva meant to dig an escape tunnel like Shawshank? Lu Xidong lamented that with the continuous evolution, the goblin's IQ seemed to have improved.
Unexpectedly, after looking at the direction of Silva's excavation, Lu Xidong became so angry that he stepped up and gave him a kick, knocking the unscrupulous Goblin to the ground.
It turns out that this stupid thing is digging hard in the direction of the thick stone wall. Does he want to dig for 20 years like Shawshank
Poor Lu Xidong, who was praising him in his heart just now, had no choice but to put on a straight face and said, "Turn around and dig in the direction of the cell door."
The noise caused by the fire and the thick smoke provided a good cover for Silva's excavation. This was the best time to escape. With Lu Xidong's permission, two other goblins also joined the excavation work. among.
As a result, the progress of the excavation was greatly accelerated. Before the fire over there was completely controlled, a huge hole more than one meter deep, which penetrated the inside and outside, had appeared under the cell door here.
Although it was difficult, he bent his body and managed to squeeze through. Lu Xidong was about to escape from prison. Who knew that at this time, a thick hand suddenly appeared behind him and grabbed his ankle.
"what are you doing?"
Lu Xidong looked back and saw that it was an unkempt dwarf prisoner. He and the two dwarves beside him were staring at him with wide eyes.
"Are you the leader of this group of goblins?"
Without answering Lu Xidong's question, the leader moved his dry lips and asked an unrelated question.
"..." Lu Xidong didn't know whether this was considered an unreasonable behavior in the dwarf culture, but he still answered honestly: "Yes, I am the master of these monsters."
"Take us away."
The dwarf prisoner made a request, or demand, for the tone was strong.
"... You can go out on your own." The thick fog has not yet dissipated. The three of them should be able to get through more easily than Lu Xidong and the others. They don't know why they asked for help. Lu Xidong wondered.
"Otherwise we'll call someone."
There was no answer to Lu Xidong's question, but it was obvious that the other party was making a naked threat.
"Okay," Lu Xidong didn't want to cause any further trouble. If a large number of dwarf guards were really attracted, it would be really troublesome, "Let's go out first and then talk about it."
In the thick smoke, Lu Xidong hunched over, trying hard to look like a dwarf, and escaped with three goblin warriors and three dwarf prisoners in the chaos.
In the process, they also picked up a bundle of dwarf military windproof cloaks. After turning into the street, the group of people put the cloaks on their bodies and went straight to the crowded place.
Zenda is indeed a place known as a free trade city. The streets are extremely lively. Guys of all races are trying their best to shout about the specialties of their races. Among the people coming and going, demons like Lu Xidong can easily hide themselves. Traces.
When they turned another corner, they were already four streets away from Southwest Prison. Lu Xidong thought in his mind that he should be far away from danger.
"Is it time to talk now? Who are you?"
Lu Xidong suddenly stopped, turned to the dwarf prisoners who had been following closely, and asked his question.
What kind of trouble will these guys bring to themselves
Lu Xidong was curious.